Emek HaMa'ayanot Regional Council (, Mo'atza Azorit Emek HaMa'ayanot, lit. Valley of the Springs Regional Council) is a regional council in the Northern District of Israel that encompasses most of the settlements in the Beit She'an Valley. Until 2008 it was known as the Beit She'an Valley Regional Council (Mo'atza Azorit Bik'at Beit She'an).גלגולה החדש של בקעת בית-שאן: "עמק המעיינות" [The new incarnation of the Beit She'an Valley: "The Valley of the Springs"], Makor Rishon, June 13, 2008
Physical geography The territory of the regional council is bounded by the Jezreel Valley in the west, in the north by the Lower Galilee, to the east by the Jordan River, and the south by the Jordan Valley and Samarian hills.
Population and administrative geography About 12,000 people live in the sixteen kibbutzim, six moshavim, and 2 community villages located in its municipal territory. The city of Beit She'an lies in the centre of the territory, but is an independent municipality.
List of settlements Kibbutzim
Ein HaNetziv Gesher Hamadia Kfar Ruppin
Ma'ale Gilboa Maoz Haim Meirav Mesilot
Neve Eitan Neve Ur Nir David Reshafim
Sde Eliyahu Sde Nahum Shluhot Tirat Zvi
Moshavim
Beit Yosef Rehov Revaya Sde Trumot Yardena
Other
Malkishua (drug rehabilitation centre) Meital (community settlement) Menahemia (moshava) Tel Te'omim (community settlement)
Voting Patterns In the 2022 election, 51 percent of voters in the regional council voted for the parties of the center-left coalition led by Yair Lapid, while 49 percent voted for the parties of the right-wing coalition led by Benjamin Netanyahu and 0.2 percent voted for the Arab parties.
See also Tourism in Israel
References
External links Official website (in Hebrew)